Godwin Maduka
Anambra 2021: Maduka exits PDP, picks Accord Party governorship ticket
Barely a week after a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines (UNA), Obiora Okonkwo joined the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) to pick its governorship ticket for the Anambra Governorship election, another top member and candidate in that June 26 primary poll, Dr Godwin Maduka has followed suit by leaving the party for the Accord Party.
This is as the Accord Party also officially announced Maduka as its candidate in the November 6 governor ship election in the state.
The medical doctor and founder, Las Vegas Pain Institute, United States, Maduka said he dumped the PDP in order to further pursue his governorship ambition, having also alleging that he was schemed out of the contest for the PDP icket.
In a statement released in Awka by his media office, Maduka thanked his supporters whom he said has given him enough inspiration to move ahead and declared that by their continued support, he will be Anambra’s next governor.
“It is with utmost sense of humility that I want to show my appreciation to all my allies, supporters, all the people that like me as a person or cue into our transformational vision or for whatever reason. I want to say that you all have been wonderful and I have been able to move ahead cum drawn enough inspiration due to your unflinching support and encouragement.
“The truth remains that, this is a task with divine seal and approval. And that was why I was born in abject penury and God lifted me up and as well equipped me for this sacred mission. I cannot bear watching my people continue to suffer due to lack of proper administration and bad governance. By God’s grace and intervention, I have been able to impact the world around me and I am not relenting. Politics or no politics, I will continue to do good to the humanity.
“This time now, I have left the People’s Democratic Party and has joined Accord Party officially. I am the authentic gubernatorial candidate of Accord Party for the November 6, 2021 Anambra governorship election and with your unalloyed support I will be your next Governor.
“Join me, let us transform Anambra State. Let us build a state of our dreams. I have come for the poor like me, those that are bearing the excruciating brunt of poverty and hardship as a result of mismanagement of our common wealth. We are here to correct all those administrative errors this time,” he said.
It would be recalled that earlier this month, August, the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) substituted its original candidate for the November 6 Governorship Election in Anambra State, as the party handed the ticket to the former PDP primary aspirant, Chief Obiora Okonkwo.
ZLP had in late June, elected Chief (Comrade) Uche Ugwoji, unopposed as its candidate for the Anambra governorship poll in a voice vote mode adopted by the party during its governorship primary election held in Awka, Monday, June 28.
Okonkwo, it would also be recalled, had handed his resignation letter to the National Chairman of PDP, dated July 24, citing the litany of court cases against the party following its June 24 governorship primary, as reason for his action.
Okonkwo, who name would be on the ballot as candidate of ZLP for the November 6 election in Anambra State, also submitted to INEC, Dame Jessie Balonwu, a former member of the House of Representatives and former Commissioner for Education in Anambra State as his running mate in the election.
